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A. HIGLEY, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 60,515, dated December 18, 1866.

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Be it known that I, A. HIGLEY, of South Bend, in the county of St.Joseph, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulimprovemenss in Railroad Car Brakes, being an improvement on a patentgranted to Inc August 14, 1866; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and complete description of the construction andoperation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a top view.

Figure 2 is a side view.

Figure 3 is an end view. p

Figures 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are detachedsections that will be referredto in the description.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views. I

In 'the drawings, A represents the frame to which are connected thepedestals, B, figs. 2 and 3. C represents the wheels, the axles, a,ofwhich havetheir hearings in the pedestals B. Connected to the axles,a, of the wheels is a framework, B, to which and said axle is attachedthe apparatus for braking the car. D is a friction coupling on the axlea, which coupling consists of two parts, D D, to the part D of which isfastened the ratchet, b, which together are sccured permanentlyto andturn with theaxle a. Between the ratchet-wheel b, and the side of theframe B, is secured the double pulley, consisting of the pulleys'E E,combined, on the pulley E of which winds the chain or cord, 0, the otherend being connected to the swivel, I, fig. 1; the chain, d, beingconnected to the pulley E, passing from this to the small pulley, C,- atthe other endof the frame B, over which pulley it passes, and isfastened to the end of the swivel I, which will be referred tohereafter. F is a pulley forming part of the section D of the coupling,which takes up the chain, e, this being connected to the opposite end ofthe swivel I from where the chain c is attached. G is a lever pivoted tothe frame at f, the end of said lever forming a clutch, as shown in fig.6, which is a view in the direction of the line :r :v, fig. 1, theclutch catching round. the groove, f, in the part D of the coupling.Fig. 7 is a vertical section in the direction of the line x x, fig. 3,showing the coupling and pulleys referred to above. Fastened to the endof'tlle lever, G, is a rope, g, which passes'from the lever through theside of the frame B, along to the shaft, 72; of the windlass, G, whichis used for the purpose of stopping the car. H is a .bar extending fromoneend to the other of the frame B, and rests in the same, Aropnd thisbar is coiled the spring, I, at one end of which, on the bar, is theswivel I, referred to above, to the ends of which, as stated, areconnected the chains e, (Z, and e, which are taken up on the pulleys. jis a pawl, which is pivoted, at a, to the pulley E, and catching intothe ratchet-wheel I), which is secured to the section D of the coupling,the pawl being operated by means of the spring, 2", shown in fig- 9,being a view of the pulley E,-ratchct b, and pawl i. Fig. 4 is a portionof the end of the frame, A, showing the shaft of .the Windlass, G, whichextends through the frame, a ratchet-wheel, j, being on the under side,in the teeth ofwhich catches. the pawl, k, which is pivoted at m, to theframe. extends back, the end passing through a staple, I, which isfirmly secured to the under sidepf the stirrup, L, as shown in fig. 5,which is an under side view of fig. 4-, the stirrup being of arectangular form, as shown in fig. 8, which is a cross-section of thesame, in the direction of the linen: a1, figs. 4 and 5. N is a spring inthe end of the frame, which presses againstthc stirrup Ir. As thisstirrup is pulled and held forward by the team when the car is inmotion, thus contracting the spring N, as soon as the car stops thespring will force the stirrup back in position, and when the stirrup isthus forced back the pawl will catch in the ratchet j, which preventsthe Windlass from turning, and also reserves the force for starting thecar, as the pawl will be detached, as hereafter stated, when the carstarts, and the braking of the car released, thus preventing thenecessity of removing the pawl by the brakcman. As the car starts, theend of the stirrup being connected to the team, it will he allowed topull foi'ward,.thus contracting the spring N, in the opening in theframe, and the end of the pawl passing through the staple, which issecured to the under side of the stirrup, will be pulled with it, thusdetaching the opposite end from the teeth of the ratchet-wheel j. -When'it is desired to stop the car, the Windlass G is turned, winding thechain y around the shaftof said Windlass. The chain being attached tothe end of the lever, when it is taken up draws the lever towards thefranie, the end of said lever clutching round the groove of thecoupling, as stated, moving the part D against the part D, and thesepressing firmly together,create so much friction that when the wheelsare turning the part D and pulley F of said part turns with them, when,if the part D was not held firmly against the part D, it would remainloose,

2 GQ-llu not turning at all. When the wheels are in motion, and the partD" turns with them, the chain e is taken up on the pulley F, and thechain 0, connected to the other side of the swivel, istaken up by thepulley E, thus unwinding the chain 03 from the pulley E, which, passingover the pulley C, is taken up by the swivel, which is drawn towards thecoupling as the chains are taken up on the pulleys as stated, thuscontracting 'the spring I on the bar H. When the spring I is contractedby means of the swivel, as described, the chain d, as stated, isunwound, and the end being secured to the pulley E, causes the doublepulley to turn in the opposite direction from the wheels; the chain awill be taken up on the pulleyE, as siated, the end of thepawl 2'catching in the ratchet b, by the action of the spring 2", referred toabove, thus preventing the Windlass from turning till the pawl isremoved. In this way the wheels are stopped, and not allowed to turn inthe least, a portion of the force expended in stopping the car beingheld in reserve to aid in restarting the same. When the car starts, thestirrup, which is pulled forward, contracting the spring, as stated,removes the pawl from the ratchet j, which allows the spring 12 to forcethe lever-G back into position. At the same time the reacting force ofthe spring I moves the swivel back to its proper position, unwinding thechains 0 e, which are taken back with the swivel, and thus turning thepulleys on the axle; and the pawl being pivoted to the pulley E, andcatching in the ratchet b, aids in turning the wheels at the same timethe pulleys turn; thus the car can be started'very easily and withoutmuch trouble, or stopped, as desired.

This improvement can be applied to either steam or horse cars, and maybe attached to one or both axles, so as to be operated from either endof the car.

What I claim as'my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The stirrup L and spring N, in combination with the pawl k andratchet j, arranged and operating as and for the purpose set forth. p i2. The-lever G and friction coupling D, in two sections, as set forth,in combination with the pawl i, ratchet b, and pulleys E E, as and forthe purpose described. 1 p

3. The swivel 1, bar H, spring I, and chains 0 d e, in combination withthe pulleys F, E, and E, arranged and operating as and for the purposedescribed.

AARON HIGLEY.

Witnesses JACOB HARDMAN, Hsznumn Btnnnn.

